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Old Sep 8, 2002 | 11:17 PM
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What kidn of race seats are you guys using? How much do they weigh? How uncomfortable are they? I'm not looking for anything for long distance trips, just the short drives to the track. Anyways, how did you make brackets? Thanks

chris

ps- i know the weight of the stock leathers, but anyone know the weight of stock cloth non power seats?

Chris

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Old Sep 8, 2002 | 11:37 PM
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i use the kirkeys...not sure what they weigh, but they are light...and pretty comfortable...with there nice seat covers

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Old Sep 8, 2002 | 11:42 PM
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I am going with one corbeau forza.It is not adjustable and weights 16lbs.It cost 189 through speed inc and the bracket is 65 dollars.
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Old Sep 9, 2002 | 11:42 AM
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I'm using some ugly plastic POS seat with a thin cover. Picked it up at the local speed shop for about $100 I think. Only weighs 12 lbs and that's why I bought it. <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" />
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Old Sep 9, 2002 | 11:31 PM
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anybody weight the stock cloth non power seats? i'm just looking for a difference between those and my leathers.

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Old Sep 10, 2002 | 08:48 AM
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I think the stock cloth non power seats are 28-30 pounds each.
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Old Sep 10, 2002 | 09:11 AM
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My factory non-power passenger cloth (camaro) seat weighed 29 pounds.

Here are the seats I use.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...46269652kPWKll
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Old Sep 10, 2002 | 11:47 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Mike Hoffpauir:
<strong>My factory non-power passenger cloth (camaro) seat weighed 29 pounds.

Here are the seats I use.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...46269652kPWKll</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you don't mind me asking how much were those seats, where did you get them and how much were the brackets.

Thanks.
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corbeau forza, light, but they get you with the heavy brackets.
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